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April 2017

April 18, 2017

Done being Gay and Christian in America

Some of y’all may know that in July I will be moving with my new...

March 2017

March 20, 2017

Our wedding was not a great gay wedding…

On March 11, 2017 I married the love of my life in sight of God,...

January 2017

January 01, 2017

Freaking out and making plans – welcome 2017

Happy New Year my friends, family, neighbors and dearest ne'er-do-wells! Take a deep breath...what's that...

November 2016

November 12, 2016

Trump alone cannot overturn marriage equality, but that is not the point

Okay y'all, please listen to me. Yes, it is true that in order to overturn...

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Sure, you can be Orlando too

Sunday, June 12, 2016 dawned for us like most other seemingly boring days in our life...

May 2016

May 19, 2016

Peanut Butter Cups and the First Amendment

Hey! You got your religion in my government! Hey! You got your government in my...

April 2016

April 22, 2016

It’s not a gay kiss, it’s a kiss. An open letter to the straight friend.

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to...

April 08, 2016

Why I am still going to Wild Goose Festival In North Carolina

Wild Goose Festival! For some of y'all those words get your tummies all a flutter...

March 2016

March 10, 2016

Homophobia in the doctor’s office

Over two years ago I posted about the fear I carry when visiting the doctor,...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

Why this Christian lesbian was not at the Gay Christian Network Conference

I am hearing truly wonderful news of love and warmth and transformative experiences coming from...

July 2015

July 08, 2015

What happens when two women walk into a South Texas courthouse to get a marriage license ?

About three days after the love imbued, justice bent, paradigm shifting decision of the Supreme Court...

July 03, 2015

A response to 40 questions for Christians now waving rainbow flags

An open letter to Kevin DeYoung of the Gospel Coalition Hi Kevin, You likely don't...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Oh Happy Day!

On Friday, June 26, 2015 I was in Cleveland, OH setting up for a week of...

June 14, 2015

An open letter to Senator Jason Rapert

So it looks like yet another ill-informed or fear-mongering politician is playing the "religious freedom"...

June 09, 2015

Regarding Evangelical Tony Campolo’s “acceptance” of gay, Christian couples

Today, Dr. Tony Campolo, an evangelical speaker and author (well known to the evangelical crowd)...

March 2015

March 28, 2015

So you’re getting straight-married…again?

Someone very dear to me called the other day to say that she and her...

March 21, 2015

Casting the first stone

I've been thinking a lot about the arrest of judge Roy Moore's son. Did you...

March 15, 2015

Freedom of religion: marriage and guns

Content warning: Smattering of salty language, overuse of parenthetical asides and at least two shenanigans....

March 08, 2015

The Gifts he Gives Me

One upon a time I was married. To a man. For over a decade. His...

March 03, 2015

Yes I am intolerant of intolerance

So, earlier today I posted a story on Facebook about an attorney in California who filed...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

An open letter to Roy Moore: my rights unalienable

Dear Roy, I am grateful for the lawmakers in states around this beautiful and broken...

February 10, 2015

A Christian woman worthy of marriage?

So I've generally ignored the kerfuffle around a theologically, psychologically and sociologically ignorant little post called "10 Women Christian...

February 02, 2015

Equal rights for LGBT people are not last rites for Christians

This week I've seen three news pieces and read scads of comments regurgitating the crazy notion that...

October 2014

October 23, 2014

There is a Third Way but it’s not what you think – Jesus’ third way for gays

Christians of every ilk seem to have something to say about the mythical "Third Way" for faithful...

October 17, 2014

I’m not your rainbow doormat

For as long as I've been tending the weedy garden of this blog I have...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

Until We Could by Richard Blanco

The next two weeks my mind will be awash in all things Pride as we prepare...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

My life is not a rumspringa for your heterosexual lifestyle

Ugh, dating is weird. Sharing it with y'all is even weirder, I know. But if Anne...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Mamma, why you gotta be so gay on Facebook?

We had just lit a candle, said a blessing and were passing around the broken...

June 2014

June 24, 2014

5 things you REALLY mean when you say “I don’t approve of your homosexual lifestyle”

The phrase "homosexual lifestyle" gets thrown around a lot by conservatives when jockeying for political...

June 02, 2014

Gay marriage causes harm…how?

I heard today that Florida is up to her tricks again and just can't quite...